2016 shootings of Des Moines police officers Two police officers are shot and killed in separate "ambush-style" attacks in Urbandale and Des Moines, Iowa. A suspect in both shootings was identified and was captured by police two hours later.
Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye seeks to appoint Kim Byong-joon as the new Prime Minister of South Korea in a bid to restore confidence after a political scandal. Kim Byong-joon replaces sacked prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn.
Philippines–United States relations United States State Department blocks the sale of firearms to the Philippines due to concerns of human rights violations.
Chinese state media Chinese state media reports that all 33 miners trapped underground have been found dead on Monday after a gas explosion at Jinshangou Coal Mine in Laisu Town of Yongchuan District in Chongqing, and preliminary investigations have been started.
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 New analysis by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau suggests that no-one was controlling Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as it plunged into the southern Indian Ocean in 2014.